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Hol’ Up! Twitter Goes IN After User Bashes ‘Hood Rat’ Atlanta In Favor Of ‘Classy’ D.C.

<p>After one Twitter user shared an unpopular opinion regarding comparisons between Atlanta and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;dc-metro-transit-shooting-active-gunman&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Washington&comma; D&period;C&period;<&sol;a>&comma; others came through to set the record straight&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">One Tweeter Put Down Atlanta While Placing D&period;C&period; On A Pedestal<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday&comma; a user took the opportunity to pop off and share her thoughts on people comparing ATL to our nation&&num;8217&semi;s capital city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She was specifically airing her grievances with people having the audacity to compare &&num;8220&semi;classy DC to hood rat&comma; strip club&comma; nasty food having Atlanta&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The person didn&&num;8217&semi;t stop there&comma; though&comma; as she went on to also bring up subjects like job markets&comma; the prominence of Black wealth&comma; and healthcare&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Y&&num;8217&semi;all really sat here and compared classy DC to Y’all really sat here and compared classy DC to hood rat&comma; strip club&comma; nasty food having Atlanta&period; The job markets are different&comma; 2 of the wealthiest Black counties are in DC area and one of the best hospitals in the world is in the area&period; Y’all can’t be serious…&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623421672924512256" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Twitter Masses Respond By Calling The Original Poster &&num;8216&semi;Anti-Black&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As one may guess&comma; this user&&num;8217&semi;s hot take didn&&num;8217&semi;t go over too well over on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;downtown7thave&sol;status&sol;1623421672924512256" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Twitter<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>People instantly began checking the original poster by accusing her of harboring negative sentiments towards Black cities and slamming her for &&num;8220&semi;creating &lbrack;an&rsqb; unnecessary divide&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623719648045793281" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623743785623515136" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623727689914892291" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The fact that this conversation emerged during Black History Month wasn&&num;8217&semi;t lost on users&comma; either&period; In fact&comma; one person called the post a &&num;8220&semi;horrible take&&num;8221&semi; that&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;giving elitist during BHM&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623672592602222595" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623710696285388800" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623705253714755585" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some people noted that this stance is just what they&&num;8217&semi;d expect someone from D&period;C&period; to believe&comma; and one user went as far as to say that her &&num;8220&semi;Jack and Jill of America jumped out&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623728809152335872" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623711793288777730" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the other hand&comma; people also gave her proclamation that D&period;C&period; is &&num;8220&semi;classy&&num;8221&semi; some serious side-eye&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623710773519458305" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623745843344859136" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All in all&comma; people were seriously set on pushing back against the original poster&&num;8217&semi;s commentary on D&period;C&period; and ATL&comma; and they went on to highlight all that Atlanta has to offer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623697144912744448" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1623699071272714242" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think about the overall conversation&comma; Roomies&quest; Also&comma; do you personally feel as though Washington&comma; D&period;C&period;&comma; and Atlanta are comparable cities&comma; or are they both in a category of their own&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"111622" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;twitter-user-hood-rat-atlanta-classy-d-c&sol;" data-secure&equals;"edb4cef2ba"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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